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0. HAMMERSTEIN.

Cigar Machine." 7 Patented May 17,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MALVINE HAMMERSTEIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,540, dated May 17, 1881.

Application filed September 27, 1880. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Cigars, &c., of which this is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement upon machinery for making cigars, such as the machine for which Letters Patent of theUn ited States were allowed to me on September 16th, 1880; but the improvement is applicable to machinery for shaping other substances than tobacco.

The improvement consists-in an appliance within the receiving-chamber from which the tobacco is propelled into a mold, said appliance serving to prevent the tobacco or other substance from becoming packed together and from clogging and from impeding the working of the machine.

In the drawing, A represents a hopper, from which the tobacco or other substance falls into the receiving-chamber B. r

O is a pipe opening into the chamber B, and through which comes air or steam to force the tobacco or other substance from the receivingchamber into a suitable mold, E.

In the receiving-chamber B are placed a series of rods, to, of metal or other suitable material, firmly fixed upon it on the side or end of the chamber, at one end, while the other end of each rod stretches out into said chamber and is left free to vibrate.

It will be seen that the receiving-chamber B is in contact and immediate connection with the receiving-mold E.

The operation of the machine-is as follows: The tobacco or other substance drops from a suitable hopper into the chamber B, and air or steam is then forced into the chamber B through the pipe 0. This air or steam forces or blows the tobacco out from the chamber B into the receiving-mold E,which gives it shape.

The spring-rods c a c act to separate the tobacco or other substance as it is blown out from the chamber and keep it from becoming lumpy and clogging in the neck D of the chamber B.

I claim- 1. In a machine for blowing tobacco or other substance from a receiving-chamber into a forming-mold, the combination of the receiving-chamber B and blow-pipe C with the internal spring-rods, a a a, that are arranged within-the chamber B, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the hopper A, receiving-chamber B, provided with spring-rods a a a, air-pipe O, and the receivingmold E, sub

stantially as described.

This specification of my invention signed by me this 25th day of September, 1880.

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN.

Witnesses:

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, WILLIAM H. 0. SMITH. 

